Rise of the next Dark Lord?

[daluben4]

No: HPFGUIDX 76657

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan" 
<jwilliams44118 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
> <greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> > Seeing how evil in the Harry Potter Universe doesn't seem to take 
a 
> > break first with Grindelwald who is followed later by Voldemort 
> does 
> > anyone think that after the fall of Voldemort at the hands of our 
> > heroes that someone else perhaps Draco Malfoy will just come and 
> > replace Riddle as the next big bad?
> 
> Draco doesn't have the brains or the initiative.  Lucius, on the 
> other hand, might make a fine replacement.
> 
> In my mind, this ties in with the thread about what Harry will do 
> after Book 7, if he survives.  Every hero needs a villian.  Most 
> posts I've read seem to think Harry will either become an auror 
(more 
> likely in my opinion), or will retire to the county living off a 
> percentage of the Gred and Forge business.
> 
> These options both sound anti-climactic to me, unless a suitable 
> villian replaces Voldemort.

I can't imagine Harry retiring in the country at the ripe old age of 
17.  That'd have to get boring after about 20 years, right?

As for the Auror thing, I think JKR is toying with us.  IMO, it's too 
obvious.  I think it will stay around as a potential career, at least 
in book 6, but I don't think that's where he'll end up.  Partly, 
that's because I *don't* think there will be a post-Voldemort super-
villain right at the end of the series (although I also don't think 
we'll be left with the impression that evil is banished forever).

All that to say, I think Harry could end up DADA teacher at 
Hogwarts.  We've seen some hints that he has talent in this area, in 
fact I even saw a comment from a teacher somewhere (probably on TLC!)
saying that he used good technique in the DA sessions.  The DADA job 
would put Harry in a position to continue fighting dark wizardry 
*and* stay at Hogwarts, the first real home he has ever known.  Also, 
it would be sort of a fitting epilogue if we learned that Harry was 
the first DADA teacher to survive more than a year!